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' Nov. 15, 1938.
J. w. FREE
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2,136,772 -
APPARATUS FOR WELDING
'_ Filed Dec. 9, “1936
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INVENTOR
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Nov. 15, 1938.
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J. w. FREE
APPARATUS
2,136,772
FOR WELDING
Filed Dec. 9, 1956
2 Sheets-Sheet 2
INVENTOR ’
John W
ree
' 2,136,772
Patented Nov. .15, 1-938
PATENT OFFICE
UNITED STATES
2136.712
APPARATUS Foa WELDING
John W. Free, Aliquippa, Pa, assignor to Jones
&; Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pin,
a corporation of Pennsylvania
. Application December 9, 1936, Serial No. 114,969
6 Claims.
(Cl. 7H3)
This invention relates to welding and, par
ticularly, to an apparatus for directing a stream
of a suitable gas, such ‘as oxygen'or 811*,‘0I1t0
heated plate edges just prior to welding them to
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gather.
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.
It has long been known that a blast of air or
oxygen directed onto heated edges just prior to
welding them facilitates the welding and makes
it possible to weld at a lower temperature, re
ducing the hazard of overheating Nor burning.
Attempts have been made to utilize this princi
ple in the manufacture of lap-weld pipe, but such
attempts have not been uniformly successful. It
and its supporting mandrel whereby to weld the
scaried edges of the skelp to form a length of
pipe.
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The apparatus of my invention comprises a
yoke M pivoted between the housings Ill, having 5
a' tongue l5 projecting therefrom toward the
entering side of the rolls, and a shoe l6 pivoted
to the tongue. The sides of the yoke M have
notches ll therein'which receive a cross bar It
extending between the housings. Hooks l9 hav- 1o
ing shanks slidable through the sides of the yoke
secure the latter/on the cross bar, being fastened '/
thereto by pins it.
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“A socket 2i extends upwardly from the front
is an object of the invention, therefore, to im
of the yoke it for receiving the head of a hanger it
prove
upon
prior
apparatusfor
applying
the
gas
15
bolt 22, the socket having a vertical slot with an
blast to the edges to be welded.
In accordance with the invention, I provide a‘ enlarged lower end 23 whereby the head of the
shoe or head adapted to be disposed closely ad _ bolt may be inserted. The bolt 22 passes through. i
jacent the edges to be welded as they advance to a tubular lever 2i pivoted on a bar 25 secured
one. of the housings it. The free end of the 20
the point at which welding is effected. The to
lever
may be held in various adjusted positions
shoe or head is movably supported and includes
a chamber having perforations spaced longi
tudinally and transversely thereof, and so di
rected as to create gas jets in a direction per
25 pendicular to the edges to be joined. The shoe
is connected to a suitable source of gas.
The
invention is‘particularly adapted to. the manu
facture of lap-weld pipe, and will be described
. with reference to that application, although other
30 uses therefor will occur to those skilled in the
art.
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The details of the construction and operation
‘of the invention may be gathered from the fol
lowing description thereof ‘which is to be read
in connection with the accompanying drawings
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illustrating a present preferred embodiment and
practice. In the drawings,
Fig. 1 is'an elevation of the invention applied
to the welding stand of a conventional lap-weld
40 pipe mill, the pipe itself being shown in section
, and the welding stand being shown in chain lines
with parts omitted;
I
Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the line 11-11
of Fig. 1;‘
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u
.
Fig. 3 is a partial sectional view to enlarged
scale taken through the shoe and the pipe on a
plane perpendicular to the axis of, the latter;
and
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'
‘
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the shoe with a
50
part in section.
'
A welding“ stand of a lap-weld pipe mill usual
ly comprises housings Ill, horizontal grooved
rolls H, a ball l2 thereb‘etween, and a bell guide
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l3 effective to guide formed skelp from the heat—
ing furnace between the rolls and onto the ball
by removable pins cooperating with a perforated
bar it carried on the other housing. The weight
of the yoke and shoe is balanced to some extent
by a counterweight ill, a pivoted lever 28, and 25
a chain 29 secured thereto and to the yoke.
The shoe it is pivotally mounted on the tongue
it‘) by means of a pin all and comprises a chamber
3i, the lower wall 32 of which is curved to con
form in some degree to the curvature of the 30
skelp indicated at 33. The shoe has a heel 3i
adapted to rest on the edge of the skelp.
The bottom wall 32 of the chamber 3| has per
forations 35‘dlstributed longitudinally and trans
versely thereof as shown. The perforations are 35
formed so as to provide a plurality of jets of gas
directed toward the seam cleft 3'6. The shoe l6
terminates in an upturned nose or point 31
whereby it rides up onto the advancing end of , a
skelp length approaching the. welding stand.
40
Gas is supplied to the shoe l6 from any con
venient source (not shown) through piping 33
and a valve 39. The valve may be remotely cone
trolled as by a ?ag switch 40 actuated by the
advancing skelp length, and a solenoid M. The 45
piping 38 includes a needle valve 42, a ?exible
section 43, and a connecting section 44 secured to
the side wall of the shoe.
I preferably employ oxygen under a pressure
of about 25 pounds per square‘ inch, although the 50
exact pressure may differ with various working
conditions. It is preferable to subject the edges
of the skelp to a gas blast su?icient to impinge
. oxygen
strongly defeats
thereagalnst,
the object
but too
thereof
much which
or too is,
little
of 55
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2,136,772
course, to raise ‘edges to welding
before the welding is, effected.
temperature just
.
The operation of the invention will doubtless
be clear from the above description. In any
event, the shoe "5 is normally tilted back (i. c.
with its nose up), and is shifted to the position
shown in Fig. 2 by the advancing skelp length.
charging jets of gas in a direction generally cir
cumferentially of said skelp.
2. The combination with a pipe welding mill
including spaced housings and rolls journaled
therein, of a yoke extending between said hous
ings and inwardly toward said rolls, said yoke
being pivoted to said housings, and a shoe pivoted
After engagement by the latter, the heel of the ,to said- yoke substantially centrally thereof and
shoe rides thereon, supporting the shoe at the
proper distance from the skelp. The lever 24 is
preferably adjusted so that the shoe will be
raised when engaged by the skelp. As a result,
the head of the bolt 22, instead of engaging the
upper end of the socket 2|, is disposed midway
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thereof,because of the lost-motion linkage pro
vided thereby which permits elevation of the
shoe when-engaged by the skelp.
The switch 40 is located so that the valve 39
will be operated as soon as the leading end of
20 theskelp engages the shoe, insuring the delivery
of a streamv of gas progressively to the entire
length of the skelp. By reason of the arrange
ment of the holes 35, the gas is discharged pro
gressively on the skelp throughout an extended
area measured along the seam edges as well as
at right angles thereto, peripherally of the skelp.
The needle valve 42 permits a nice control of the
volume of gas discharged, and the desired setting
of this valve may readily be determined by obser
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vation.
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The apparatus may readily be set for various
sizes of pipe by adjusting the lever 2| up or down.
Fig. 2 illustrates the setting of the yoke l 4 for two
different sizes of pipe.
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It will be apparent from the foregoing that the
apparatus of my invention is simple, inexpensive,
and easy to manipulate, being entirely automatic
and requiring no attention during normal oper
ation. The invention makes it possible to obtain
a satisfactory weld without heating the skelp to
temperatures as high as have been necessary
heretofore. It also makes possible the welding
of certain grades of steel which could not be
welded under the ordinary practice. In addition,
the welds made in accordance with the method
are stronger'than those obtained under conven
.
tional practice.
Although I have illustrated and described here
in only the preferred embodiment and practice
of the invention, it will be apparent that changes
vin the apparatus and procedure described and
illustrated may be made within the scope of the
following claims.
‘
I claim:
1. The combination with a pipe welding mill
including spaced housings and rolls journaled
therein, of a yoke extending between said hous
ings and inwardly toward saidrolls, said yoke
being pivoted to said housings, and a shoe pivoted
60 to said yoke substantially centrally thereof and
adapted to ride on formed skelp advancing to
ward said rolls, said shoe having ports for dis
adapted to'ride on formed skelp advancing to
ward said rolls, said shoe having ports for dis
charging jets of gas in a direction generally
circumferentially of said skelp and means for
effecting angular adjustment of said yoke whereby
to adjust said shoe vertically.
3. The combination with a pipe welding mill
including spaced housings and rolls journaled
therein, of a yoke extending between said hous
ings and inwardly toward said rolls, said yoke
being pivoted to said housings, and a shoe pivoted
to said yoke substantially centrally thereof and 20
adapted to ride on formed skelp advancing to
ward said rolls, said shoe, having ports for dis
charging jets of gas in a direction generally cir
cumferentially of said skelp, a suspension for said
yoke including a lost motion linkage permitting 25
said shoe to rise.
4.. The combination with a pipe welding mill
including spaced housings and rolls journaled
therein, of a yoke extending between said hous
ings and inwardly toward said rolls, said yoke 30
being pivoted to said housings, and a shoe pivoted
to said yoke substantially centrally thereof and
adapted to ride on formed ‘skelp advancing to
ward said rolls, said shoe having ports for dis
charging jets of gas in a direction generally 35
circumferentially of said skelp, and a depending
‘flange extending therealong adjacent the side
thereof toward which said jets are directed,
adapted to engage the skelp and confine the gas
and maintain a pocket thereof adjacent the skelp. 40
5. Gas blast apparatus for use adjacent a pipe
welding mill including a gas box having a wall
curved in substantial conformity with the con
tour of the pipe being welded, angularly disposed
ports in said. wall adapted to form jets impinging
circumferentially on said pipe, a gas-supply con
nection communicating with said box and means
fioatingly supporting said box for sliding engage
ment with skelp advancing to the mill.
6. Gas blast apparatus for use adjacent a pipe
welding mill including a gas box having a wall
curved in substantial conformity with the contour
of the pipe being welded, angularly disposed ports
in said wall adapted to form jets impinging cir
cumferentially on said pipe, a gas-supply con
nection communicating with said box and means
?oatingly supporting said box for sliding engage
ment with skelp advancing to the mill, said means
including a pivot transverse to the travel of the
skelp whereby said box accommodates itself to 60
irregularities in the skelp.
JOHN W. FREE.